Table 3.
Scenario characteristics reported by medical student respondents (n = 209)
| Scenarios | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encountered the scenario, (n, %) | 131 (63%) | 114 (55%) | 128 (61%) | 79 (38%) | 70 (33%) | 29 (14%) | 110 (53%) | 54 (26%) | 100 (48%) | 103 (49%) | 122 (58%) | 58 (28%) |
| Experienced moral distress in response to scenarioa, (n, %) | 125 (95%) | 106 (93%) | 106 (83%) | 68 (86%) | 67 (96%) | 29 (100%) | 99 (90%) | 51 (94%) | 97 (97%) | 96 (93%) | 118 (97%) | 50 (86%) |
| Score among all, median (IQR) | 5 (3–6) | 5 (3–6) | 3 (2–5) | 5 (4–7) | 6 (5–7) | 6 (4–7) | 5 (3–6) | 5 (4–7) | 5 (4–7) | 6 (5–7) | 6 (5–8) | 6 (3–6) |
| Score among distressed, median (IQR) | 5 (3–6) | 5 (4–6) | 4 (2–5) | 5 (4–7) | 6 (5–7) | 6 (4–7) | 5 (3–6) | 5 (4–7) | 6 (4–7) | 6 (5–7) | 6 (5–8) | 6 (4–7) |
| Rotation experienced on which scenario most commonly experiencedb | Med (90%) | Med (91%) | Med (93%) | Med (84%) | Surg (67%) | Med (76%) | Med (78%) | Med (83%) | Med (96%) | Med (87%) | Med (56%) | Med (81%) |
| Neuro (37%) | Neuro (39%) | Neuro (39%) | Surg (43%) | Med (56%) | Neuro (45%) | Neuro (59%) | Surg (67%) | Neuro (44%) | Surg (61%) | Neuro (39%) | Surg (59%) | |
| Surg (26%) | Surg (39%) | Surg (32%) | Neuro (30%) | Neuro (39%) | Surg (24%) | Surg (50%) | Neuro (52%) | Surg (44%) | Neuro (49%) | Surg (33%) | Neuro (48%) | |
| Gyn (26%) | ||||||||||||
| Setting in which scenario most commonly experiencedb | ICU (76%) | Wards (68%) | Wards (89%) | Wards (92%) | Wards (99%) | Wards (83%) | Wards (97%) | Wards (96%) | Wards (95%) | Wards (94%) | Wards (100%) | Wards (98%) |
| Wards (56%) | ICU (66%) | ICU (38%) | ICU (29%) | ICU (19%) | ICU (31%) | ICU (34%) | ICU (46%) | ICU (44%) | ICU (47%) | ICU (24%) | ICU (34%) | |
| Out-patient (2%) | Out-patient (4%) | Out-patient (19%) | Out-patient (10%) | Out-patient (11%) | Out-patient (19%) | Out-patient (15%) | Out-patient (25%) | Out-patient (27%) | Out-patient (31%) |
aDenominator is number who encountered the scenario
bPercentages do not add to 100% because the choices were not mutually exclusive